swremove.1m (2011 03)

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swremove(1M) swremove(1M)
The policy options that apply to swremove
are:
admin_directory=/var/adm/sw
(for normal mode)
admin_directory=/var/home/LOGNAME/sw
(for nonprivileged mode)
The location for SD logfiles and the default parent directory for the installed software
catalog. The default value is
/var/adm/sw for normal SD operations. When SD
operates in nonprivileged mode (that is, when the
run_as_superuser
default option
is set to
true):
• The default value is forced to
/var/home/LOGNAME/sw
.
• The path element
LOGNAME is replaced with the name of the invoking user, which SD
reads from the system password file.
• If you set the value of this option to
HOME/path , SD replaces HOME with the invoking
user’s home directory (from the system password file) and resolves path relative to
that directory. For example,
HOME/my_admin
resolves to the my_admin directory
in your home directory.
• If you set the value of the
installed_software_catalog
default option to a
relative path, that path is resolved relative to the value of this option.
SD’s nonprivileged mode is intended only for managing applications that are specially
designed and packaged. This mode cannot be used to manage the HP-UX operating sys-
tem or patches to it. For a full explanation of nonprivileged SD, see the Software Distri-
butor Administration Guide, available at the
http://www.hp.com/go/sd-docs
web site.
See also the
installed_software_catalog
and run_as_superuser options.
agent_auto_exit=true
Causes the target agent to automatically exit after Execute phase, or after a failed
Analysis phase. This is forced to false when the controller is using an interactive user
interface, or when -p (preview) is used. This enhances network reliability and perfor-
mance. The default value of true causes the target agent to automatically exit when
appropriate. When set to false, the target agent will not exit until the controller ends
the session.
agent_timeout_minutes=10000
Causes a target agent to exit if it has been inactive for the specified time. This can be
used to make target agents more quickly detect lost network connections since RPC can
take as long as 130 minutes to detect a lost connection. The recommended value is the
longest period of inactivity expected in your environment. For command line invocation,
a value between 10 minutes and 60 minutes is suitable. A value of 60 minutes or more is
recommended when the GUI will be used. The default of 10000 is slightly less than 7
days.
allow_split_patches=false
Permits the use of single patch filesets without "sibling" filesets. In the default state of
false, removal of a single fileset from a multi-fileset patch automatically includes any
other fileset that are part of the patch, based on the ancestor filesets of the target fileset.
(This behavior applies to filesets selected directly by the user and to filesets automatically
selected by SD to resolve software dependencies.)
When set to
true, SD allows a single patch fileset to be removed without including the
sibling filesets. This allows a target to contain a patch that has been "split" into its com-
ponent filesets. WARNING: Splitting a patch can create a situation in which one fileset
in a sibling group would be removed by a patch, while the other filesets would not.
auto_kernel_build=true
Normally set to true. Specifies whether the removal of a kernel fileset should rebuild the
kernel or not. If the kernel rebuild succeeds, the system automatically reboots. If set to
false, the system continues to run the current kernel.
If the
auto_kernel_build option is set to true, the autoreboot option must also
be set to true. If the auto_kernel_build option is set to false, the value of the
autoreboot option does not matter.
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